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laugh

 
 
/lɑːf/ verb [I]

Translation

to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny
gülmek
You never laugh at my jokes. She really makes me laugh. It's very rare that a book is so good you laugh out loud. It was so funny, we burst out laughing (= laughed suddenly and loudly). → See also be no laughing matter1075
laugh at sb/sth phrasal verb
to show that you think someone or something is stupid
...ile alay etmek; ...ın/in hâline gülmek
I can't go into work looking like this - everyone will laugh at me.1016
laugh sth off phrasal verb
to laugh about something unpleasant so that it seems less important
gülüp geçmek, umursamamak
He was upset by the criticism though he tried to laugh it off at the time.1846
(Definition of laugh verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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